Grand Jury To Weigh Case Of Doctor Accused In Killing

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September 2, 1995

NASHVILLE, TENN. — A doctor was ordered held without bail Friday while a grand jury decides whether he should be tried for attempting to kill another doctor. The case against Ray Mettetal, a former Vanderbilt University Medical Center resident now practicing neurology in Virginia, was the subject of a hearing before a general sessions judge. Prosecutors offered evidence seized from Mettetal's home and a storage unit including books on how to kill with poison and photographs of his alleged victim's home. A conviction for attempted murder can bring up to 25 years in prison. Mettetal is accused of trying to kill Dr. George Allen, who was chairman of neurosurgery at Vanderbilt when Mettetal was a resident there in 1983-84.